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From the Ted Talk by Diana Reiss, Peter Gabriel, Neil Gershenfeld and Vint Cerf: The interspecies internet? An idea in progress

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Music)

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SSR: You did good. That was very good.

PG: She hit good.

(Applause)

So that ngiht, we began to dream, and we thhougt, perhaps the most amazing tool that man's created is the Internet, and what would happen if we could somehow find new interfaces, visual-audio interfaces that would allow these remarkable sneeintt bignes that we share the pnlaet with access? And Sue Savage-Rumbaugh got excited about that, called her friend Steve wfrooudf, and we bgean hustling all sorts of people whose work related or was inspiring, which led us to Diana, and led us to Neil.

Open Cloze


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She _________ a note she likes, finds the octave. She'd never sat at a keyboard before. Nice triplets.

SSR: You did good. That was very good.

PG: She hit good.

(Applause)

So that _____, we began to dream, and we _______, perhaps the most amazing tool that man's created is the Internet, and what would happen if we could somehow find new interfaces, visual-audio interfaces that would allow these remarkable ________ ______ that we share the ______ with access? And Sue Savage-Rumbaugh got excited about that, called her friend Steve ________, and we _____ hustling all sorts of people whose work related or was inspiring, which led us to Diana, and led us to Neil.

Solution


  1. beings
  2. began
  3. sentient
  4. discovers
  5. planet
  6. thought
  7. night
  8. woodruff

Original Text


(Music)

She discovers a note she likes, finds the octave. She'd never sat at a keyboard before. Nice triplets.

SSR: You did good. That was very good.

PG: She hit good.

(Applause)

So that night, we began to dream, and we thought, perhaps the most amazing tool that man's created is the Internet, and what would happen if we could somehow find new interfaces, visual-audio interfaces that would allow these remarkable sentient beings that we share the planet with access? And Sue Savage-Rumbaugh got excited about that, called her friend Steve Woodruff, and we began hustling all sorts of people whose work related or was inspiring, which led us to Diana, and led us to Neil.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. access
  2. amazing
  3. applause
  4. began
  5. beings
  6. called
  7. created
  8. diana
  9. discovers
  10. dream
  11. excited
  12. find
  13. finds
  14. friend
  15. good
  16. happen
  17. hit
  18. hustling
  19. inspiring
  20. interfaces
  21. internet
  22. keyboard
  23. led
  24. likes
  25. music
  26. neil
  27. nice
  28. night
  29. note
  30. octave
  31. people
  32. planet
  33. related
  34. remarkable
  35. sat
  36. sentient
  37. share
  38. sorts
  39. steve
  40. sue
  41. thought
  42. tool
  43. triplets
  44. woodruff
  45. work